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Problems with saliva Flashcards

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4 functions of saliva in the oral cavity?

A
  • Acid buffering
  • Mucosal lubrication- speech, swallowing
  • Taste facilitation
  • Antibacterial
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5 causes of dry mouth?

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  • Salivary gland disease
  • Drugs
  • Medical conditions and dehydration
  • Radiotherapy and cancer treatments
  • Anxiety and somatisation disorders
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3
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Which gland is associated with acinar tissue loss ?

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  • Minor glands
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4
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Which other glands are associated with acinar tissue loss by age other than minor glands?

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  • Parotid and submandibular
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5
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What do we call drugs that cause dry mouth?

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Anti-muscarinic cholinergic drugs

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6
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An example of an antimuscarinic drug?

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Amitriptyline

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3 other drugs that cause dry mouth apart from amitriptyline?

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  • Lithium
  • SSRI , TCA
  • Bendrofluazide (10% reduction)
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5 chronic medical conditions that induce dehydration?

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  • Diabetes
  • Renal disease
  • Stroke
  • Addison’s
  • Persisting vomiting
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4 acute medical problems cause dehydration?

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  • Acute oral mucosal diseases
  • Burns
  • Vesiculobullous diseases
  • Haemorrhage
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What 5 diseases causes direct salivary problems?

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  • ectodermal dysplasia
  • Sarcoidosis
  • HIV disease
  • Gland infiltration amyloid and haemachromatosis
  • Cystic fibrosis
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What is Challacombe scale for oral dryness?

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A scale to measure oral dryness into mild, moderate and severe determined by 10 components which can be assessed visually
1-3 mild
3-6 moderate
7-10 severe

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Chalacombe 1?

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mirror sticks to buccal mucosa

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Chalacombe 2?

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mirror sticks to tongue

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Chalacombe 3?

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Frothy saliva

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Chalacombe 4?

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no saliva pooling in floor of mouth

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16
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Chalacombe 5?

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mild depapillation on tongue

17
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Chalacombe 6?

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Altered gingival architecture

18
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Chalacombe 7 ?

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Glassy appearance mucosa - esp palate

19
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Chalacombe 8?

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Fissured tongue

20
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Chalacombe 9 ?

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Cervical caries

21
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Chalacombe 10?

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Debris on palate or teeth

22
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5 blood tests to investigate salivary disease?

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  • FBC
  • U&E
  • LFT
  • Glucose
  • Anti - ro,la, ANA
  • C3 and C4 complement
23
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4 imaging modalities to investigate salivary disease?

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  • Plain radiographs with reduced dose to look for stones
  • Sialography with contrast to show ducts
  • MR Sialography - IV contrast
  • Ultrasound
24
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Which protein blood test would you carry out to investigate a salivary disease?

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C-reactive protein

25
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What two ways can anxiety contribute to the feeling of dry mouth?

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  1. cephalic control of salivation - directly causes xerostomia
  2. cephalic control of perception - small changes at synapses causing perception of dry mouth
26
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Give 5 examples of somatoform diseases?

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  • Oral dysaesthesia
  • TMD pain
  • Headache
  • Dyspesia
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
27
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What are somatoform diseases?

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the development of symptoms although there is no presence of the disease process on examination, mostly caused by the patient perception

28
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What two things on an ultrasound would indicate a salivary issue?

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  • Leopard spots
  • Sialectasis
29
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2 blood tests to investigate dehydration?

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U&E
Glucose

30
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2 blood tests to investigate autoimmune disease causing hyposalivation? other than anti la , ro

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ANA
CRP

31
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When would you decide to do a sialography for a patient with hyposalivation?

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when you suspect obstruction or ductal disease

32
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3 causes that cause increased salivary flow?

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Dementia
Stroke
Drug causes

33
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2 causes that lead to perception of hypersalivation?

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  • swallowing failure - anxiety, stroke, MS
  • postural drooling - in babies , cerebral palsy
34
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3 drugs that may cause hypersalivation?

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  • Clozapine
  • Bromides
  • Ketamine
35
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3 management options for dealing with hypersalivation?

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  • Treat the cause - anxiety
  • Training on swallowing control
  • Surgery - gland removal or duct repositioning
  • Anti-muscarinic drugs

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